Downsample data in InfluxDB 2.x

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Do you want to understand how to downsample your data in InfluxDB 2.0. In this video I take you though from the beginning to the end. I show some simple examples, but of course this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Downsampling community templates: https://github.com/influxdata/community-templates/tree/master/downsampling

How to use the Flux language: https://youtu.be/sjfBPPBw8k8
My video on the new server build: https://youtu.be/T80cdXhN8LQ
Influxdb, Telegraf and Grafana setup: https://youtu.be/gEIgg5zHuIU

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:47 How to design your buckets
3:35 Change from 1.x
4:15 New task, and task scheduling
7:55 Flux downsample example
12:58 Understanding the downsampled data
18:05 Creating a new query using the query builder
19:44 Testing your tasks
20:51 Using task to send data over MQTT
21:51 Downsampling historical data
25:01 Community samples
28:32 Outro